ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022
Does Infertility Stress Impair Sexual Function in Infertile Women and Men? A Cross-Sectional Study in Iran.
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- Breaking the silence - systematic review of the socio-cultural underpinnings of men's sexual and reproductive health in Middle East and North Africa (MENA): A handful of taboos?Arab journal of urology · 2025Review
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- Factors affecting self-esteem and disease acceptance in patients from infertile couples.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Marital Life after Infertility Diagnosis: Sexual and Intimacy Issues Experienced by Iranian Infertile Couples.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
Background: The issue of infertility is a worldwide challenge, estimated to affect around 50 million couples. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between infertility stress and sexual function in men and women with infertility. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 300 men and women with infertility were recruited. A demographic questionnaire, the Fertility Problem Inventory, the Female Sexual Function Scale (FSFI), and the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) were used to collect data. Independent Results: The total score of sexual function in women and men was 22.18 ± 7.86 and 57.7 ± 17.8, respectively. Infertility duration and the ability to pay for the costs of infertility treatment had a significant relationship with sexual function in women. A significant association was found between communication concerns and sexual function scores in men with infertility. Infertile women had more sexual concerns, while infertile men had more communication concerns. Conclusion: This study showed that women with infertility had more infertility stress than men with infertility. Women with higher infertility duration and the inability to pay for the infertility treatment costs impaired sexual function. Women with infertility had more sexual concerns, while Men with infertility had more communication concerns. Policymakers need to consider strategies such as counseling for men and women with infertility to help them cope with their problems, especially their psychological problems. The lack of random enrollment of participants and lack of control group were the limitations of this study.
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